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Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

Work activity group · O*NET

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards is one of the 41 Generalized Work Activities at the top of O*NET's work-activity hierarchy — the broadest description of what people do on the job, sitting above the more specific intermediate and detailed work activities. Across the 894 occupations O*NET rates on it, it scores an average importance of 3.56 of 5 — 72nd percentile among all activity groups.

Intermediate activities it contains

The intermediate work activities O*NET groups under Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards, ranked by how many occupations perform each. Each links to its own page.

Intermediate activity Occupations AI applied
Examine materials or documentation for accuracy or compliance 56 81st pct
Examine financial activities, operations, or systems 27 53rd pct
Assess compliance with environmental standards or regulations 23 27th pct
Follow standard healthcare safety procedures to protect patient and staff members 15 32nd pct

How AI is applied to this activity group

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study measured how often an AI assistant performs each work activity in real Bing Copilot conversations. Averaged across the 4 intermediate activities under Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards that the study measured, this group ranks in the 48th percentile for how frequently AI is applied — a description of how AI is used today, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

The figure is the mean of the child activities' applied-percentiles; open any activity above to see its underlying Microsoft measurements. Every occupation blends many activities, so a high AI-applied rank for one group does not mean a job is being automated.

Occupations that rely on this activity group most

Ranked by O*NET importance rating (1–5) for Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards. Wages are BLS OEWS May 2024 national medians.

Occupation Importance Median pay Employment
Aviation Inspectors 4.95 $85,750 23,320
Validation Engineers 4.90 $101,140 350,230
Nuclear Engineers 4.85 $127,520 14,740
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 4.82 — —
Compliance Managers 4.77 $136,550 630,980
Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers 4.77 $78,420 397,770
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists 4.77 $77,390 64,410
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 4.73 $122,610 5,720
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators 4.72 $78,420 397,770
Medical Equipment Preparers 4.71 $46,490 72,760
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 4.69 $226,600 99,300
Regulatory Affairs Managers 4.68 $136,550 630,980
Commercial Pilots 4.66 $122,670 51,830
Fire Inspectors and Investigators 4.66 $78,060 14,050
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 4.65 $78,420 397,770
Financial Examiners 4.65 $90,400 62,830
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 4.64 $80,060 84,930
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 4.64 $109,660 23,220
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 4.63 $78,420 397,770
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 4.60 $78,680 136,390
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 4.60 $58,440 31,450
Human Resources Managers 4.59 $140,030 215,520
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 4.58 $41,080 2,610
Airfield Operations Specialists 4.56 $56,750 16,640
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.54 $117,960 565,840
Quality Control Systems Managers 4.54 $121,440 234,380
Dietetic Technicians 4.53 $37,040 29,950
Registered Nurses 4.51 $93,600 3,282,010
Lawyers 4.51 $151,160 747,750
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 4.51 $156,210 25,580
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 4.51 $109,660 23,220
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers 4.50 $136,550 630,980
Compliance Officers 4.49 $78,420 397,770
Loan Officers 4.49 $74,180 290,530
Chief Executives 4.49 $206,420 211,850
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 4.48 $83,910 128,430
Power Distributors and Dispatchers 4.48 $107,240 9,180
Architectural and Engineering Managers 4.47 $167,740 210,340
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 4.47 $43,830 157,310
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 4.46 $58,260 126,750
Opticians, Dispensing 4.46 $46,560 79,690
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 4.46 $59,740 53,530
Security Management Specialists 4.45 $81,270 1,128,200
Customs and Border Protection Officers 4.44 $76,290 666,990
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 4.44 $76,310 53,390
Urban and Regional Planners 4.44 $83,720 43,040
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 4.43 $51,500 156,260
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers 4.43 $115,230 16,230
Agricultural Inspectors 4.43 $50,990 12,090
Wind Energy Operations Managers 4.42 $136,550 630,980
Mechanical Engineers 4.42 $102,320 286,760
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks 4.42 $41,460 127,440
Surgical Technologists 4.42 $62,830 113,890
Document Management Specialists 4.40 $108,970 439,380
Dentists, General 4.39 $172,790 113,490
Anesthesiologists 4.39 — 41,890
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 4.37 $64,520 86,820
Nurse Anesthetists 4.37 $223,210 50,350
Helpers--Extraction Workers 4.37 $48,400 6,720
Accountants and Auditors 4.36 $81,680 1,448,290

Showing 60 of 894 occupations.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/evaluating-information-to-determine-compliance-with-standards

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/evaluating-information-to-determine-compliance-with-standards

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-evaluating-information-to-determine-compliance-with-standards,
  title  = {Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activity-groups/evaluating-information-to-determine-compliance-with-standards}
}

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